《2024年悦然好学生必开卷九年级英语全一册人教版长春专版》

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Once upon a time, there was a farmer living in the State of Song. He grew crops in a big field very hard every day. There stood a big tree stump（树桩） in the field. One day, he was working in the field when he saw a rabbit run into the stump, break its neck and die accidentally.
51. ________ That night he thought,“There is no need for me to work so hard every day. All I have to do is wait by the tree stump and pick up the rabbit that runs into it. ” So from then on he stopped farming, and just sat by the tree stump waiting for another rabbit to come and run into it. 52. ________ Crops died and his field became waste gradually. But never did he see another rabbit run into the tree stump.
53. ________ They thought he took the accident for the inevitable(必然的).
In the story, this farmer wanted to live a better life by hoping for having unexpected good luck, but he was too lazy and foolish. 54. ________ No one can gain anything if he doesn’t work hard.
Nowadays, people use the phrase “waiting for rabbits by a tree stump” to describe those who just wait and dream of reaping without sowing. 55. ________ We should also keep in mind that it is a waste of time waiting for something that only happens accidentally in our lives. Just come down to earth.
阅读短文,把A～E五个句子填入文中空缺处,使短文内容完整。(5分)
A. Day in and day out, he waited and waited.
B. We should stop daydreaming and get to something practical.
C. People in the village laughed at him for his foolish behavior.
D. Happily, the farmer took the rabbit home and cooked a delicious meal for himself.
E. As the English saying goes, “No pains, no gains. ”

答案： 51～55 DACEB